Portraits of A Marriage + Slippery Slopes
Portraits of A Marriage by Sándor Márai is a work of extreme beauty. A multiple-part story that focuses on love, but each section is told from an individual's perspective. A strange style to get use to as every conversation is utterly one-sided. However, this style choice lends itself to clearly seeing how the main characters are stuck between their love, their expectations, and their needs. A beautifully crafted story, set in Hungary between the wars, that brings the reader full circle between a bourgeois Peter and his wife Ilona, their son, and his family maid, Judit. (Published by Knopf DoubleDay Publishing Group)
Slippery Slopes
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This novel wraps the reader up in the complications of love and hidden psyches of lovers. After seeing this vision, I knew that not only would it’s coffee keep my eyes open so I could read late into the night, but the Fernet-Branca would give me the right amount of minty bitterness to remind me to stay away from the slippery slopes of love.
Slippery Slopes
- 1.5oz Fernet Branca
- 1.5oz Cold Brew Coffee
- 1 tbsp Souther’s Spices Hot Cocoa Mix
- .25oz Toasted Coconut Syrup
- 1 Spritz of Orange Oil
Add the first four ingredients to a dry mixing glass, stir to dissolve the cocoa mix. Fill the glass with ice and stir until cold. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice. Add a spritz of orange oil and sprinkle with coconut flakes.
